Strike King zeros arent THAT good

Ran out of Trick sticks so I reverted to Zeros.I was surprised not to get thet good whiff of Garlic(have they changed thier manufacturing process?) I normally wacky rig the baits I fish. Yes the zeros caught a few fish BUT after a few fish the salt was all gone and the action on the wacky rig was nill.It just wouldnt sink and looked like a wet noodle on my hook,basically it had no backbone. So the bait was basically useless for the method I was using it for. I used to be pleased fishing these baits on a T-Rig,but I cant say im so impressed anymore.Price and durability while wacky rigging are a major downer.

*** is by far the ONLY way to go(for me at least).

The last *** I had in my arsenal was previously used and pretty torn up. I cringed at every cast I made ,thinking it was going to get flung off the hook and me having to pick out a huge backlash. The bait lasted cast after cast and finally fell off as I was landing a fish.